BROOKLYN'S BACK

By PATRICIA O'HAIRE

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS|

Jun 13, 1998 | 12:00 AM

A little royalty will be coming to Brooklyn tomorrow. It's the annual Welcome Back to Brooklyn Festival, and a Royal Couple will be named to rule over the day. Who is it? Why, only that legendary acting couple, Brooklyn-born Eli Wallach and Brooklyn-reared Anne Jackson (left). They will be crowned King and Queen at 12:30 p.

m. on the Coronation Stage at Grand Army Plaza by Borough President Howard Golden. Also on the honors list will be jazz piano legend Randy Weston, the R & B and a cappella group the Persuasions, best-selling author Frank McCourt, choreographer Eliot Feld, actress Didi Conn and radio host Leonard Lopate and his brother, essayist Phillip Lopate. The ceremony will then be turned over to entertainment the Brooklyn Funk Essentials, who will play street funk and jazz; Eliot Feld's Kids Dance, with an urban-edged modern ballet, and BAM's Dance Africa, with traditional drumming and dancing. Since it is also Sunday, there will be gospel singing by the Worship Choir of St. Paul's Community Baptist Church. In addition, three separate stages will provide entertainment. One is at the Cherry Esplanade in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where the Arts Council presents local musicians from Yemen, Russia, Ireland and the West Indies. Another is in front of the Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, where a variety of music, including jazz, world beat, rock and Latin, will be showcased. At the Bravo Stage, in front of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, there will be entertainment by, for and about kids, from acrobatic tap to short plays in English and Spanish, sponsored by the Daily News. There are also more than 300 exhibits by arts and community groups, health, education, ecology and performing-arts fairs, and two spots just for kids the Kings Plaza Fun in the Sun Fair and the Con Ed Mini Museum Mile. Best of all for families it's all free. All you have to do is show up. For more information, call (718) 855-7882, ext. 54, or visit www.